Turtle’s long lives may be masking extent of loss of young and eggs, experts say, with estimates that one species has declined in population by 90% or more Leer más.
La Conselleria de Medio Ambiente, Agua, Infraestructuras y Territorio reintroduce 41 ejemplares de gallipatos u ‘ofegabous’ en la Reserva de Fauna Silvestre de La Balsilla en el término municipal de Alcublas, con motivo del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente. Leer más.
The results demonstrate that adults were rarely present in arable fields at any of the sites (overall 0.5% and 4% of total observations for frogs and toads, respectively). Metamorph captures in arable fields were more variable, ranging from 1.2% to 38.8% (frogs) and from 0.0% to 26.1% (toads) across study sites. Leer más.
Our results highlight that maintaining widely connected arrays of ponds of different hydroperiods, including large breeding sites free from invasive predators and competitors, is paramount for amphibian conservation in Mediterranean wetlands. Leer más.
